Casey Jones

Lyrics:Robert HunterMusic:Jerry Garcia

This is the Hunter/Garcia original, not to be confused with the traditional song Casey Jones, which the Dead also played, as did Jerry with some of his other bands.
The latter is normally called "The Ballad Of Casey Jones" in setlists.

Futher Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
For David Dodd's discussion of this song on dead.net see Greatest Stories Ever Told
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 1 (piano arrangement)
Grateful Dead Authentic Guitar Classics Volume 1 (guitar TAB)
Grateful Dead Songbook Volume 1 (piano arrangement)
Very Best Of The Grateful Dead (guitar TAB)
Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)